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Personal Pick

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In addition to our main Game of the Year Awards 2025, each member of the PC Gamer team is shining a spotlight on a game they loved this year. We'll post new personal picks each day throughout the rest of the month. You can find them all here.

We've all done it: excitedly told a friend that they should read a book (or play a game, watch a movie, etc) that you think they will like. Then you wait. You wait for weeks. You don't pester them about it because...